وصفdescribed

Example sentences

• وقد وصف لنا شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية هذه المرحلة وصفًا يكشف لنا حقيقتها وخصائصها وميزاتها وما لها وما عليها،

  Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah described this phase with a description that reveals its nature, characteristics, and advantages and disadvantages,

  وَصَفَ — he described. Past 'described', subject 'Shaykh al-Islam' next; verb-first; it takes 'for us' and an object.

  From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →

• وقد وصف لنا شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية هذه المرحلة وصفًا يكشف لنا حقيقتها وخصائصها وميزاتها وما لها وما عليها،

  Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah described this phase with a description that reveals its nature, characteristics, and advantages and disadvantages,

  وَصْفًا — with a description. 'a describing', accusative — a cognate (absolute) object echoing the verb 'described' to intensify it ('described... a description that...'); it heads a describing clause.

  From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →

• وأما العيشة الراضية فالوصف بها أحسن من الوصف بالمرضية

  As for the 'contented life,' describing it this way is better than describing it as 'a life one is pleased with.'

  فَالْوَصْفُ — describing it. fa- (then) on a verbal noun made definite by al-, 'the describing', which is the delayed answer to the earlier 'as for'. The fa- ties the comment back to the fronted topic; this verbal noun names the act of describing as the subject of what follows.

  From: Creating Life from Nothing →

• وأما العيشة الراضية فالوصف بها أحسن من الوصف بالمرضية

  As for the 'contented life,' describing it this way is better than describing it as 'a life one is pleased with.'

  الْوَصْفِ — describing it. A verbal noun made definite by al-, 'the describing', the thing compared against, in the genitive after 'than'. It names the alternative way of describing.

  From: Creating Life from Nothing →